1970s Christian Dior Green Eyewear Frame
View Similar Items
1970s Christian Dior Green Eyewear Frame
About the Item
- Designer:
- Brand:
- Period:
- Condition:Perfect conditions.
- Seller Location:Gazzaniga (BG), IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5861037762
Christian Dior
When Christian Dior launched his couture house, in 1946, he wanted nothing less than to make “an elegant woman more beautiful and a beautiful woman more elegant.” He succeeded, and in doing so the visionary designer altered the landscape of 20th century fashion.
Dior was born in Granville, on the Normandy coast, in 1905. His prosperous haute bourgeois parents wanted him to become a diplomat despite his interest in art and architecture. However, they agreed to bankroll an art gallery, which Dior opened in 1928 in Paris with a friend.
This was the start of Dior’s rise in the city’s creative milieu, where he befriended Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. After seven years as an art dealer, Dior retrained as a fashion illustrator, eventually landing a job as a fashion designer for Robert Piguet, and in 1941, following a year of military service, he joined the house of Lucien Lelong. Just five years later, with the backing of industrialist Marcel Boussac, the ascendant Dior established his own fashion house, at 30 avenue Montaigne in Paris.
Just two years after the end of World War II, the fashion crowd and the moribund haute couture industry were yearning, comme tout Paris, for security and prosperity, desperate to discard the drab, sexless, utilitarian garb imposed by wartime deprivation. They needed to dream anew.
And Dior delivered: He designed a collection for a bright, optimistic future. “It’s quite a revolution, dear Christian!” exclaimed Carmel Snow, the prescient American editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, famously proclaiming, “Your dresses have such a new look.” The press ran with the description, christening Dior’s debut Spring/Summer haute couture collection the New Look. “God help those who bought before they saw Dior,” said Snow. “This changes everything.”
Dior’s collection definitively declared that opulence, luxury and femininity were in. His skirts could have 40-meter-circumference hems, and outfits could weigh up to 60 pounds. They were cut and shaped like architecture, on strong foundations that molded women and “freed them from nature,” Dior said. Rather than rationing, his ladies wanted reams of fabric and 19-inch waists enforced by wire corsets, and the fashion world concurred. The debut got a standing ovation.
In the subsequent decade, Paris ruled as the undisputed fashion capital of the world, and Christian Dior reigned as its king. With the luxuriously full skirts of his New Look, suits and his drop-dead gorgeous evening dresses and ball gowns worthy of any princess, Dior gave women the gift of glamour they’d lost in the miserable years of war.
On 1stDibs, find an exquisite range of vintage Christian Dior clothing, jewelry, handbags and other items.
- Linda Farrow LFL 282/6 SunglassesBy Linda FarrowLocated in Gazzaniga (BG), ITSpecial and ultra rare sunglasses Sunglasses LFL 282/6 Powder pink frames Mirrored lenses Larghezza montatura cm 14,5 (5,7 inches) Come with original case Fast shipping from ItalyCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Sunglasses
- Linda Farrow LFL Luxe x The Row SunglassesBy Linda FarrowLocated in Gazzaniga (BG), ITSpecial and ultra rare sunglasses Linda Farrow x The Row LFL 199/6 Real python, ocher color Round rose lenses with violet shades Width cm 13,5 (5,3 inches) Come with original case F...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sunglasses
- Dolce & Gabbana "Madonna" Special Edition SunglassesBy Dolce & GabbanaLocated in Gazzaniga (BG), ITSpecial, limited and iconic DG sunglasses Madonna Special Edition DG 4097 Blue frames Blue lenses (multiple signs on them) Frame width cm 13,5 (5,3 inches) With case and box Fast shi...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sunglasses
- Bertone Design Stratos Zero Limited Edition SunglassesLocated in Gazzaniga (BG), ITSpecial and sought after piece, artisanally made in Italy Bertone Design by Epos Milano Stratos Zero SL Limited Edition pair of sunglasses owned by same person and very rarely used A...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sunglasses
- Chanel Sunglasses size UnicaBy ChanelLocated in Gazzaniga (BG), ITSunglasses 5410A CHANEL written on sides Black frames Dark lenses Frame width cm 14,5 (5,7 inches) Light signs on lensesCategory
2010s Italian Sunglasses
- Chanel Sunglasses size UnicaBy ChanelLocated in Gazzaniga (BG), ITSunglasses 6032 Camelia Black frames dark lenses Same model worn by Madonna (see image) Frame width cm 14 (5,5 inches) Light signs on lensesCategory
2010s Italian Sunglasses
- new BALENCIAGA DEMNA Runway Mask Butterfly black shield sunglasses KardashianBy BalenciagaLocated in Hong Kong, NTnew BALENCIAGA DEMNA Runway Mask Butterfly black shield sunglasses Kardashian Reference: TGAS/C01432 Brand: Balenciaga Designer: Demna Model: BB0180S-001 Collection: Fall Winter 2021...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sunglasses
- Sting hexagonal vintage sunglasses, ItalyBy Sting, De rigoLocated in Santa Clarita, CASting is an iconic, world-class singer and performer. In the 80's, his design, along with the police brand which was his as well, captured the imagination of stylistic young people. ...Category
1990s Italian Sunglasses
- Vintage aviator sunglasses by Egon von Furstenberg, Italy 1980sBy De rigo, Von FurstenbergLocated in Santa Clarita, CAPrince Egon Von Furstenberg sunglasses, made in Italy in the 1980s. Before Diane, there was Egon. Egon was a prince from Switzerland and he married Diane and thus made Diane Von Furstenburg a princess. An acclaimed fashion designer, he was a contemporary of Gianni Versace, and there were many similarities in both their frames. They are both since passed away and their original designs are rare and very sought after. You will find that we have the largest collection of Egon Von Furstenberg frames remaining on the planet. MAKE: Von Furstenberg MODEL: MF57 - 127 MADE IN: Italy ERA: 1980s CONDITION: New Old Stock [never worn] DIMENSIONS: Lens width: 60 mm / 2 3/8 in Lens height: 38 mm / 1 1/2 in Bridge: 16 mm / 5/8 in Temple-to-temple width: 130 mm / 5 1/8 in COLORS: Frame: Gold/Tortoise Temples...Category
1980s Italian Sunglasses
- Simonetta Ravizza by Annabella vintage sunglassesBy Simonetta RavizzaLocated in Santa Clarita, CAMAKE: Annabella MODEL: A275S - C1 MADE IN: Italy ERA: 1980s CONDITION: New Old Stock [never worn] DIMENSIONS: Lens width: 51 mm / 2 in Lens height: 37 mm / 1 7/16 in Bridge: 20 ...Category
1980s Italian Sunglasses
- Sting vintage sunglasses slimBy Sting, De rigoLocated in Santa Clarita, CASting is an iconic, world-class singer and performer. In the 80's, his design, along with the police brand which was his as well, captured the imagination of stylistic young people. ...Category
1990s Italian Sunglasses
- Top Gun vintage sunglassesBy Top Gun®, De rigoLocated in Santa Clarita, CAMAKE: Top Gun MODEL: 165 - 50 MADE IN: Italy ERA: 1980s CONDITION: New Old Stock [never worn] DIMENSIONS: Lens width: 49 mm / 1 15/16 in Lens height: 40 mm ...Category
1980s Italian Sunglasses
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
Too Soon for the Return of ’90s Fashion? As If
There's a renewed appreciation for the era's aesthetic, perhaps most notably among millennials seeking authentic, easy style.
14 Iconic Luxury Handbags and the Stories behind Them
When the name of a bag is as well-known as its brand, you know it's a classic.